Steel railway tie and brace.



PATENTED NOV. 15, 1904.

STOUT.

STEEL RAILWAY TIE AND BRAGE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 23, 1904.

$0 MODEL.

moved by the action of a not 9 on each screwstem against the outer sideof the angle abutment-plate in opposite directions. in this adjustment the braces of one tie member are clamped hard against.- the inner sidevot' one rail and the outer side of the'other rail, while the braces of the other tie member are clamped hard against the opposite sides of said rails in opposition to the other braces, and in this way the rails are firmly clamped and supported upon the ties. The coupling or lockingof the tie members togethernot only keeps them solidly joined, but keeps the clampbraces in their proper relation to the rails and the latter to their gage'and alinement. The forcingof the members and their clamping-braces in opposite directions is etlected.

each tie member againstthe opposite sides of a each rail.

The members of the twin tie when joined carry the clamp-braces in pairs and means at their ends for coupling and for separately adjusting the tie members side by side in their coupled relation to clamp and secure the rails. Nut-locks may be provided for maintaining the adjustment.

Looking at Fig. 3, the braces are seen as titting by shoulders the edges of the rail-base and against the web beneath the head of the rail, lirmly supporting it.

it will be understood that the angleal. ut nients at the outer sides of the railsare riveted or secured to the left tie member all along the track looking from. either side of the track and that the screw-stem is secured to and projects from the corresponding end of the right tic member all along the track looking from either side of the track and that to tighten the clamping of the tie members upon the rails the nuts of one or both of the tie members are driven in, thereby causing both tie members to clamp the rails. This clamping may be effected by the driving action of the nut of one of the tie members. When the tie members are ad'usted and clam ed they are fur- 7 n (her-secured in such adjustment by jam-bolts i l 1 l t l it) passing through slots ii in the vertical lian 'e of one tie member and throu 'h a corresptmding hole 12 in the vertical flange of 5 the other tic member, as in Fig. 5, tho/bolts and slots thus arranged allowing the tie memhers to be moved one upon the other by the Y curing their clamp-braces upon the rails, and

end nutted screw-stems and the abutmcnts.

it is im iiortant to note that the construction or the twin tie members gives the advantage of using the tie members when coupled tol l l Hopes gether a single tie in securing the rails upon them, and the ties being all alike can be used with either end on either side of the track. The screw-stems and the jam-bolts of the tie members may be secured by nut-locks, and the ties will be properly founded and secured, the flange jam-bolts and the end stemnuts coacting tolock the tie members together and to the rails.

A novel feature of the construction is that each tie member has an angle-abutment at one end and a screw-stem at its other end, and

when coupled together the angle-abutment of one tie member will overlap the ends of the joining webs of both members to the right and engage the screw-stem ot' the right tie member all along one sideof the track, while looking at the other side of'the track the angleabutment will overlap the ends of the joined webs to the left and engage the screw-stem of the left tie member, so thatin adjustingthese coupled tie members they must move in opposite-directions and correspondingly move their clamps and braces against the rails to fasten and support them. Theinner braces may serve clamps only for the rails.

1. A railway tie and fastening comprising twin members each having clamping-braces for the rails, means connected to each for coupling the twin members together at their ends, and means connected to each member for independently ad usting said members for securing their clamp-braces against the rails.

2. A railway tie and fastening comprising twin members each having clam 'iing-braces for the rails, each member having at one end an angle-abutmentand a screwstem at its other end, said angle-abutments engaging said screw-stems, coupling the me members together, and nuts on the screw-stems engaging said abutments for adjusting the tie members independently of gaeh other. T

3. A metallic railroad-tie comprising two members each having a clam p-brace for each rail, the clamps of one member engaging the outer sideol one rail and the inner side of the other rail, the'- clamps of the other member engaging the rails on opposite sides to the first-stated clamps whereby the members are adapted for indepmident' clamping function upon the rails, means for connecting the members at their ends, means engaging such connections for adjusting said members longitudinally in opposite directions, and means for clamping the tie members togetherlaterally.

4;. A railway tie and fastening comprising twin members each having clamp-braces for i the rails, means for coupling the twin memjam-bolts securing the tie members together when ad usted.

The combination with the railway-rails,

tie "51 in members each having each em} in-anger} to One red the inner side thereof, and the ether rail me ouuer side Zhereof, means eeupling he tie members at their ends, means for ac? ustmg' each me memhe: lengtnwxse'in appolte directlons forcing their clamp-braces omen, the screw-stem of see member passing 0011, Li hale in the angle-abutment of the other member and nutted on she outer side of n testimonyevhereof 1 have signed my t0 hls specification in the presence of two sun eembmg wlbnesses.

G Y e STOUT. V; J'DHGSSESI JOHNSON,

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